On October 2, Circle Internet Corp. rose 5.72% in regular trading, reaching $87.76/share with turnover of $235 million. The advance came amid a broad crypto sector rally, with peers including Strategy up 4.97%, IREN up 5.78%, and BITMINE up 4.06%.

Multiple recent catalysts have reinforced bullish sentiment. Binance announced a $100 million equity investment in Circle as part of a new five-year commercial agreement to promote and integrate USDC across its platforms, with USDC monthly trading volume on Binance consistently exceeding $80 billion. Payment technology firm Volante Technologies also partnered with Circle to integrate USDC workflows into its platform, which serves four of the world's top five enterprise banks and seven of the top ten U.S. banks.

Further supporting momentum, Circle's Arc chain surpassed $700 million in on-chain assets and $7 billion in USDC transaction volume within its first week of launch. Reports that the U.S. is considering plans to promote dollar-backed stablecoins globally have added a policy tailwind. Meanwhile, Bitcoin recently broke above $85,000, marking an eight-month high, with analysts declaring a new crypto bull cycle that has broadly lifted crypto-linked equities.

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